Hurricanes are a coastal thing but the little tornadoes they spin off can come bite you. These are not the F3s and 4s you see in the midwest, they are really about what you see in the eye wall of a hurricane.
It does test the uplift strapping on a building tho.
I know "what is uplift, isn't the force always down"?
Earthquake is actually a different force, it is sideways with a little up and down. I understand some of the mitigation is the same tho. We still have to deal with wind loads on walls.
I understand they are finally looking at wind codes up north.
My builder nephew in law was telling me they are strapping trusses now in Maryland.
